As part of vSphere 7.0, ESXi now ships with a USB CDCE (Communication Device Class Ethernet) driver which can benefit customers with SB network adapters that support the CDCE specification as shared in this blog post HERE. This can especially be useful for those running a VMware Homelab where the onboard network adapter may not…
Month: March 2023
Self-Contained & Automated VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) deployment using new VLC Holodeck Toolkit
I recently came to learn about a really neat solution that was released called the VMware Cloud Foundation Lab Constructor (VLC) Holodeck Toolkit, which makes it super easy for anyone to deploy a complete functional VCF environment, fully self-contained and deploys all the required networking and infrastructure services that dramatically reduces the amount of time…
ESXi configstorecli enhancement in vSphere 8.0 Update 1
The ESXi configstorecli was introduced back in vSphere 7.0 Update 1 and provides access to the ESXi ConfigStore which responsible for centrally managing all configurations for an ESXi host instead of relying on different methods including a variety of configuration files, I highly recommend reviewing this refresher article HERE if you have not heard of the…
ESXi configstorecli enhancement in vSphere 8.0 Update 1
The ESXi configstorecli was introduced back in vSphere 7.0 Update 1 and provides access to the ESXi ConfigStore which responsible for centrally managing all configurations for an ESXi host instead of relying on different methods including a variety of configuration files, I highly recommend reviewing this refresher article HERE if you have not heard of the…
ESXi configstorecli enhancement in vSphere 8.0 Update 1
The ESXi configstorecli was introduced back in vSphere 7.0 Update 1 and provides access to the ESXi ConfigStore which responsible for centrally managing all configurations for an ESXi host instead of relying on different methods including a variety of configuration files, I highly recommend reviewing this refresher article HERE if you have not heard of the…
ESXi configstorecli enhancement in vSphere 8.0 Update 1
The ESXi configstorecli was introduced back in vSphere 7.0 Update 1 and provides access to the ESXi ConfigStore which responsible for centrally managing all configurations for an ESXi host instead of relying on different methods including a variety of configuration files, I highly recommend reviewing this refresher article HERE if you have not heard of the…
ESXi configstorecli enhancement in vSphere 8.0 Update 1
The ESXi configstorecli was introduced back in vSphere 7.0 Update 1 and provides access to the ESXi ConfigStore which responsible for centrally managing all configurations for an ESXi host instead of relying on different methods including a variety of configuration files, I highly recommend reviewing this refresher article HERE if you have not heard of the…
vSAN 8.0 U1 ESA – Auto Policy Management
One of the features that is introduced in vSAN 8.0 U1 for ESA is Auto-Policy Management. I personally love this feature, as it will help a lot of customers make the right decision in terms of what the default policy should be on their vSAN Datastore. Now, Pete Koehler wrote a very extensive blog post,…
ESXi on Intel NUC 13 Pro (Arena Canyon)
A new year means a new Intel NUC with the latest generation of processors from Intel. Today, Intel has launched the new Intel NUC 13 Pro, previously codenamed Arena Canyon NUC, which incorporates the latest Intel 13th Generation Raptor Lake CPU mobile processors and delivering that in the classic 4×4 Intel NUC form factor that…
Configure nginx to throttle login attempts
To configure Nginx to throttle login attempts, you can use the `limit_req` module. Follow these steps: 1. Open your Nginx configuration file, usually located at `/etc/nginx/nginx.conf` or `/etc/nginx/sites-available/default`. 2. Add a new `limit_req_zone` directive in the `http` block to define a rate limit: “` http { limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=login_limit:10m rate=1r/s; … } “` Here, we…